Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from March 2008

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from March 2008

AdvaMed study highlights need for hospital infection testing.(With a call for better reimbursement ...)(Clinical report)
March 6, 2008... Hospitalized patients who are tested for antimicrobial susceptibility have significantly lower mortality rates, lower lengths of stay and lower overall treatment costs than patients who are not tested. These are the findings of a report...

IOM panel: colorectal cancer testing lags despite coverage.
March 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Disease prevention is seen as a sure way to keep the nation's healthcare tab from swamping the economy, and yesterday's session at the National Academy of Sciences (Washington) highlighted the hoped-for benefits of screening for...

Inverness eyes closing Unipath j-v in UK and transfer to China.(International report)
March 6, 2008... Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts), a developer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic products that has been expanding rapidly via acquisitions in the past year or so, reported its intention to close its joint-venture...

Japan 'showcase' set for Philly.(International report)
March 6, 2008... Japan Technology Group reported plans to present a showcase of Japanese innovations in the fields of medical and physical sciences, food, cosmetics and web/software in the U.S. this month. The showcase will be held March 18 at the Science...

Cardiograph handset from Chinese firm.(International report)
March 6, 2008... In other China med-tech news, Qiao Xing Mobile Communication (Beijing), one of the leading domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets through its CEC Telecom (CECT) subsidiary, reported the launch of its new C7000A cardiograph mobile handset....

Toshiba to sell Medicsight in Japan.(International report)
March 6, 2008... Medicsight (London) said it has signed a preliminary agreement with the System Integration division of Toshiba Medical Systems (Tokyo) for the sale of Medicsigt's MedicRead Colon and ColonCAD software solutions throughout Japan. Toshiba...

Bruker closes on acquisition of BioSpin for $642.9 million.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... The former Bruker Biosciences (BRKR; Billerica, Massachusetts), now being renamed Bruker Corp., said that it has closed on the previously reported acquisition of the Bruker BioSpin group. Nearly 57.5 million new unregistered shares of BRKR...

RadNet (Los Angeles).(Deals roundup)
March 6, 2008... RadNet (Los Angeles), a diagnostic imaging company, reported an agreement to buy the assets of six Los Angeles imaging centers from InSight Health (Lake Forest, California) for $8.5 million in cash. A portion of RadNet's recently completed...

New biomarker gives insight into prostate cancer's spread.
March 6, 2008... A newly discovered blood biomarker is being touted as giving researchers even further insight on the spread of prostate cancer. The biomarker, discovered by Shahrokh Shariat, MD, chief urology resident at the University of Texas...

Study identifies women with higher risk for breast cancer.(Research roundup)
March 6, 2008... Researchers have identified genetic variations in a region of DNA that may be associated with breast cancer risk. Women with the variation have a 1.4 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to those without this variation,...

FDA & industry say current regulations enough for nano.
March 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The development and use of nanoscale materials is hardly new, and nanoscience promises to play a much larger role in devices and drugs in the decades to come. Hence, the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI; Washington) last week...

Cianna completes $9m 'A' round; Adnavance adds 'B' $3.78 million.(Financings roundup)
March 6, 2008... Cianna Medical (Aliso Viejo, California) reported that it has completed an initial funding round totaling $9 million. The Series A funding will be used to support further commercialization of the company's SAVI technology for breast...

NanoImaging Services.(Financings roundup)
March 6, 2008... NanoImaging Services (San Diego), a provider of high-resolution, 3-D transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging services to manufacturers of large molecule biopharmaceuticals, reported that it has completed a round of financing led by Merck...

PreMD.(Financings roundup)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... Predictive medicine company PreMD (Toronto) reported an agreement with Midsummer Investment for offering of C$1.22 million in unsecured debentures. The debentures mature 18 months after issuance at an amount equal to C$1,176 per C$1,000...

Iris International.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... Iris International (Chatsworth, California), maker of urinalysis systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories, said its board has authorized repurchase of up to $15 million in common shares over a 12-month period....

Abbott molecular diagnostics to sell RVP assay from Luminex.(Agreements)
March 6, 2008... Luminex Molecular Diagnostics (LMD; Toronto Ontario), a division of Luminex (Austin, Texas), a developer of multiplexing solutions, has signed a global sales and distribution agreement with the molecular diagnostics business of Abbott (Abott...

McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) and Biotage (Uppsala, Sweden) said they have signed a two-year extension to a molecular imaging development agreement.(Agreements)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) and Biotage (Uppsala, Sweden) said they have signed a two-year extension to a molecular imaging development agreement. "We used the Biotage Initiator Microwave synthesis system, chromatography...

American Bio Medica (ABMC; Kinderhook, New York) reported a distribution agreement with Devor Global in the Republic of Panama.(Agreements)
March 6, 2008... American Bio Medica (ABMC; Kinderhook, New York) reported a distribution agreement with Devor Global in the Republic of Panama. Devor has been granted the exclusive right to distribute ABMC's Rapid STAT oral fluid drug test and its Rapid...

Microfluidic Systems (MFSI; Fremont, California) said it has signed agreements with Applied Biosystems (Foster City, California) and Hamilton Sundstrand (Pomona, California) for the continued development and production of MFSI's Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector (BAND).(Agreements)
March 6, 2008... Microfluidic Systems (MFSI; Fremont, California) said it has signed agreements with Applied Biosystems (Foster City, California) and Hamilton Sundstrand (Pomona, California) for the continued development and production of MFSI's Bioagent...

ASGE: Endoscopy is safe.(Briefly Noted)
March 6, 2008... The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE; Oak Brook, Illinois) wants to reassure patients that gastrointestinal endoscopy is a safe and effective procedure. The recent news that patients at an endoscopy center in Nevada may...

Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) and NeuroSurvival Technologies (NST; Petach-Tikva, Israel) reported an agreement for a marker.(Deal round up)
March 6, 2008... Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) and NeuroSurvival Technologies (NST; Petach-Tikva, Israel) reported an agreement for a marker, developed by NST, for molecular imaging of apoptosis in vitro and in vivo in animals. The marker, developed by NST,...

Aspyra.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... Jim Zierick has joined Aspyra (Calabasas, California) as interim CEO. Zierick most recently was CEO of LogicalApps. Aspyra provides clinical and diagnostic information solutions for the healthcare industry.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA; Washington) has appointed Charlotte Collins as director of public policy & advocacy. Collins previously was an associate professor in the George Washington University's School of Public Health...

LifeScience Alley.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... LifeScience Alley (Minneapolis) reported the following new officers to its board of directors: secretary, Doug Astry, GM, diagnostics and drug discovery, SurModics, and vice chair, Ruth Lane, president/CEO, AllOut Marketing. LifeScience Alley...

Radlink.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... Peter Julien, MD, was named chief medical officer of Radlink (Redondo Beach, California). Julien is currently director of thoracic imaging at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. Radlink is a software and hardware company that provides medical imaging...

Toshiba America Medical Systems.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... Girish Hagan was named VP of marketing for Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, California). Previously, Hagan was director of business development and strategic management for Toshiba. Toshiba America Medical Systems makes diagnostic...

WaferGen Biosystems.(People in Places)
March 6, 2008... WaferGen Biosystems (Fremont, California) reported promoting two members of its management team. Kumar Kastury, PhD, esd promoted from director of assay development to VP of assay development; John McEntee was promoted from director of...

Celerus Diagnostics (Denver) reported the launch of a new system, the Wave, at the U.S. and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP; Augusta, Georgia) meeting.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... Celerus Diagnostics (Denver) reported the launch of a new system, the Wave, at the U.S. and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP; Augusta, Georgia) meeting. Capable of producing immunohistochemistry (IHC) results in 15 minutes, the company said...

Covidien.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Covidien (St. Louis) said the FDA has granted tentative approval for the company's abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. Covidien's tentatively approved product is a...

Falcon Electric.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Falcon Electric (Irwindale, California) introduced the new FH Series Biomedical & Laboratory-Grade uninterruptible power systems (UPS), specifically designed for the power requirements of biomedical and laboratory equipment. Designed to protect...

Hologic.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts) reported the publication of a study evaluating the Hologic MammoSite radiation therapy system (RTS), one, two and three years after treatment. The authors note that the RTS is "logistically simpler, technically...

iCAD.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire) reported the availability of the TotalLook MammoAdvantage system which converts prior mammography films to digital images for comparative review on a single digital review workstation. This new version of iCAD's...

Immunicon.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Immunicon (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania) said the FDA has cleared the CellSearch Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) Kit as an aid in the monitoring of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. A sample of the patient's blood is processed with the...

Iris International.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... Iris International (Chatsworth, California) said that its Iris Molecular Diagnostics (IMD) group has completed a retrospective study of stored leftover serum of 85 post-prostatectomy patients, men who had their prostate removed due to prostate...

Masimo.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Masimo (Irvine, California) said that it will debut its technology for noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb) and oxygen content (SpOC) monitoring. Masimo said that this SET technology platform will provide clinicians with access to...

Nutra Pharma.(Product Briefs)
March 6, 2008... Nutra Pharma (Boca Raton, Florida) said that its wholly-owned medical devices subsidiary, Designer Diagnostics, has started marketing what it said is the first-ever environmental test kit for the detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)...

QuantRx Biomedical.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... QuantRx Biomedical (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) said that David Elmaleh, chairman and chief scientific founder of FluoroPharma, will present findings from the company's Phase I trial for CardioPET, a metabolic cardiac imaging agent for the...

SonoSite.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 6, 2008... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) reported the introduction of the new M-OB/GYN Office ultrasound tool for the physician's office. Based on SonoSite's fourth generation M-Turbo platform, the M-OB/GYN Office system delivers an exponential increase...

AT&T to start patient information-sharing in TN.(Briefly Noted)
March 6, 2008... AT&T (Nashville, Tennessee) is partnering with Tennessee to provide the country's first statewide system to electronically exchange patient medical information, the telecommunications company said. The system is designed to securely...

ViewRay relocates.(Briefly Noted)
March 6, 2008... ViewRay (Cleveland), a medical device manufacturer of real-time image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) systems, reported a move of its headquarters from Gainesville, Florida, to Cleveland. The company will hire 25 professionals within the first...

Products and market trends highlight European radiology.(D&IW at the European Congress of Radiology)
March 13, 2008... VIENNA, Austria -- More than 18,000 radiologists and exhibitors turned out for last Friday's opening of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), which continued to distinguish itself as a showcase for CE-marked products not yet available in...

Expanding focus on women's health for European radiology.(D&IW at the European Congress of Radiology)
March 13, 2008... VIENNA, Austria -- Only a show business convention could offer more images of women's breasts than a radiology conference. There is no entertainment value, however, in the science of breast cancer--nor in the harsh statistics surrounding...

Trials difficult, but needed, for CAD validity vs. human reader.(In FDA discussion of mammography ...)
March 13, 2008... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland -- The role of clinical trials seems universally paramount and important for FDA device advisory panel members, and Tuesday's meeting of the radiological devices committee for clinical trials for computer-aided detection...

Mindray to acquire Datascope's monitoring unit for cash $202m.(Deals roundup)(Mindray Medical International Ltd.)
March 13, 2008... Mindray Medical International (Shenshen, China) has agreed to acquire Datascope's (Montvale, New Jersey) patient monitoring business for $202 million in cash, funded through Mindray's internal cash and planned third-party borrowings. Datascope...

Asthma therapy is personalized with 510(k)-cleared Niox Mino.
March 13, 2008... A new tool for personalizing therapy for asthma patients has become available with FDA 510(k) clearance of Niox Mino, a hand-held point-of-care device for the measurement of airway inflammation manufactured by Aerocrine (New Providence, New...

Millipore plans new bioscience training facility in Singapore.(International report)
March 13, 2008... Millipore (Billerica, Massachusetts) reported plans to open a new state-of-the-art applications and training facility in Singapore. The U.S.-based company is making the investment to meet the growing needs of its biotech customers who have...

Iris Diagnostics ships urine analyzer.(International report)
March 13, 2008... Iris Diagnostics (Chatsworth, California), a division of IRIS International, a leading provider of urinalysis systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories, said that it has shipped five iQ 200 ELITE automated urine...

New facility for Spacelabs in China.(International report)
March 13, 2008... Spacelabs Healthcare (Issaquah, Washington), a division of OSI Systems (Hawthorne, California), reported the official opening of its new manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. The roughly 55,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, located...

Quintiles lab in India CAP-certified.(International report)(Quintiles Transnational Corp.)(College of American Pathologists)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) said that its central laboratory in Mumbai, India, has been certified by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The lab began supporting clinical trials in 1Q07 and "has seen...

ABMC, Devor Globa in Panama pact.(International report)
March 13, 2008... American Bio Medica (ABMC; Kinderhook, New York) reported a distribution agreement with Devor Global in the Republic of Panama. Devor has been granted the exclusive right to distribute ABMC's Rapid STAT oral fluid drug test and its Rapid...

Exact DNA test included in new cancer screening guidelines.
March 13, 2008... New colon cancer screening guidelines issued last week by the American Cancer Society (ACS; Atlanta) bode well for the fate of Exact Sciences' (Marlborough, Massachusetts) stool DNA test, known as PreGen Plus. The company also said it is...

Allegro receives initial round of funding valued at $4 million.(Financings roundup)
March 13, 2008... Allegro Diagnostics (Boston), a developer of molecular diagnostics for lung cancer, reported completing a $4 million Series A financing. Kodiak Venture Partners led the round and was joined by Catalyst Health Ventures and Boston University....

CardioNet.(Financing news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... * CardioNet (San Diego), which provides real-time outpatient management solutions for monitoring an individual's cardiac health, recently reported terms for its IPO in a filing with the SEC. The company plans to offer a total of 6.6 million...

Sleep Solutions.(Financing news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... * Sleep Solutions (SSI; Pasadena, Maryland) reported that it has secured $20.5 million in additional venture funding. SSI is developing services for direct-to-patient diagnosis, therapy and compliance of sleep-disordered breathing,...

ProUroCare Medical.(Financing news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... * ProUroCare Medical (Minneapolis) reported that on Feb. 28, it closed a private placement of $240,000 of units consisting of unsecured, subordinated, convertible promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants. The net proceeds will...

Pulse Health.(Financing news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... * Pulse Health (Portland), a company developing a product designed to allow consumers to measure their health status through Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC), reported that it has secured $2.15 million in Series A financing. The company...

CBI issued U.S. patent for herpes virus detection assays.(Patent watch)
March 13, 2008... CBI Services (Richmond, Virginia), a business unit within the Commonwealth Biotechnologies group of companies, has been notified that its patent "Detection and Quantification of Human Herpes Viruses" was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark...

Jivan Biologics.(Patent news)
March 13, 2008... In other patent news: Jivan Biologics (Berkeley, California) has been awarded U.S. Patent #7,340,349, "Method and System for Identifying Splice Variants of a Gene." The issued claims cover mathematical algorithms for determining the expression...

Physician sentenced for false diagnosis of prostate cancer.(Court report)
March 13, 2008... A physician from the San Francisco Bay community of Los Gatos was sentenced last week to a year in jail for a false diagnosis of prostate cancer in an 87-year-old patient and then subjecting him to an unnecessary brachytherapy treatment. ...

MRI/ultrasound fusion treats uterine fibroids.
March 13, 2008... VIENNA, Austria--For a woman presenting with uterine fibroids over 4 inches in diameter, uterine artery embolization, the controversial alternative to hysterectomy, is not recommended. Currently this patient has no alternative to...

Analogic (Peabody, Massachusetts), an OEM supplier of radio frequency amplifiers for MRI systems reported that it has agreed to acquire privately held Copley Controls (Canton, Massachusetts), a supplier of gradient amplifiers for MRI and precision motion control systems.(Dealmaking news)
March 13, 2008... * Analogic (Peabody, Massachusetts), an OEM supplier of radio frequency amplifiers for MRI systems reported that it has agreed to acquire privately held Copley Controls (Canton, Massachusetts), a supplier of gradient amplifiers for MRI and...

Bederra (Houston) reported completing the acquisition of privately held Lumar Diagnostic Imaging (Houston) for an undisclosed amount of cash and debt.(Dealmaking news)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... * Bederra (Houston) reported completing the acquisition of privately held Lumar Diagnostic Imaging (Houston) for an undisclosed amount of cash and debt. Lumar was formed to provide multi-modality medical diagnostic imaging services such as...

Beckman Coulter.(Product Briefs)
March 13, 2008... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) has launched the UniCel DxC 880i Synchron Access clinical system, a work cell which consolidates chemistry and immunoassay testing targeted to high-volume laboratories. The latest addition to the...

Nioxin Research Laboratories (Atlanta) said that it will offer an easy to access and understand genetic test that determines the likelihood of developing male pattern baldness--before it actually begins to happen.(Product Briefs)
March 13, 2008... Nioxin Research Laboratories (Atlanta) said that it will offer an easy to access and understand genetic test that determines the likelihood of developing male pattern baldness--before it actually begins to happen. Similarly, a test for women is...

Paradigm Medical Industries.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... Paradigm Medical Industries (Salt Lake City) is introducing new developments to the Paradigm-Dicon LD400 full-field autoperimetry system used to measure patient visual fields to determine the severity of glaucoma and to aid in managing the...

Response Genetics.(Product Briefs)
March 13, 2008... Response Genetics (Los Angeles) said that its ResponseDX: Lung and ResponseDX: Colon tests are now available to select medical institutions and practice groups through its CLIA-registered laboratory. ResponseDX: Lung and ResponseDX: Colon are...

SonoSite.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) reported introduction of the new M-OB/GYN Office ultrasound tool for the physician's office. Based on SonoSite's fourth generation M-Turbo platform, the M-OB/GYN Office system delivers an exponential increase in...

Vermillion.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... Vermillion (Fremont, California) presented data from several studies demonstrating benefits of the company's ovarian cancer protein biomarker panel. The data suggest that use of Vermillion's biomarkers could help better identify women with...

Luminex.(People in Places)(appointment of Randel Marfin)(appointment of Gregory Gosch)(appointment of Darin Leigh)(Brief article)
March 13, 2008... Luminex (Austin, Texas) reported executive management organizational changes effective March 1. Randel Marfin has been named to the new position of VP of strategic development, Gregory Gosch has been named VP of the Luminex bioscience group and...

CDRH's Schultz outlines his 2008 action plan for agency.(At the top ... post-market analysis)
March 20, 2008... LA QUINTA, California -- Daniel Schultz, MD, knows all about meeting impossible deadlines and dealing with budgetary restraints. As director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), he's all too familiar with both. But...

Probing device applications in 'personalized' medicine.(Frost & Sullivan Medical Devices 2008)
March 20, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- The term "personalized medicine" clearly fits both diagnostics and drugs. Devices, not so much. At least that's what Joe DeVivo and Charlie Whalen thought when they began planning a session on the personalized medicine...

New ultrasound transducer targets 'super-sized' patients.(International report)
March 20, 2008... VIENNA -- Obesity is no longer a uniquely North American problem, according to the president of the European Radiology Society, Maximilian Reiser, as he reviewed key trends affecting the industry during a press conference at the European...

Virtual colonoscopy included in colon cancer screening guidelines.(International report)
March 20, 2008... Although the dreaded bowel cleansing routine is still required for virtual colonoscopy, the American Cancer Society's (ACS; Atlanta) new guidelines for colorectal cancer screening now include computed tomography colonoscopy (CTC), a 15-minute...

Immucor in cash deal to acquire BioArray Solutions for $117m.(Deals roundup)
March 20, 2008... Immucor (Norcross, Georgia) said it will acquire BioArray Solutions (Warren, New Jersey) for about $117 million in cash. Immucor provides automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry and BioArray develops molecular...

Roche NimbleGen.(Deals roundup)
March 20, 2008... Roche NimbleGen (Madison, Wisconsin) and Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) have expanded the terms of the license to a number of Affymetrix patents originally granted in October 2006. The expanded license now provides certain diagnostic...

Bostwick, planning to go public, files IPO for up to $100 million.(Financings roundup)
March 20, 2008... Bostwick Laboratories (Glen Allen, Virginia) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. All of the shares to be sold in the IPO will be offered by the company. ...

CytoCore.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
March 20, 2008... CytoCore (Chicago) reported selling about 5 million shares of new common shares at $2 a share, about $10 million total, to institutional and accredited investors. In addition, about 2.5 million three-year warrants exercisable at $2 a share will...

GlucoLight.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
March 20, 2008... GlucoLight (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), a development-stage company focused on non-invasive, continuous blood glucose monitoring, reported closing a third tranche of its C round financing, the amount not disclosed. In addition to the second...

Graymark Healthcare.(Financings roundup)
March 20, 2008... Graymark Healthcare (Oklahoma City), a diversified medical holding company, reported that its board has approved a reverse split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-5 shares. The stock split will take effect on April 11. Stanton...

Nanogen.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
March 20, 2008... Nanogen (San Diego) reported that it has entered into agreements with the holders of its 6.25% senior convertible notes, due 2010, issued on Aug. 27, 2007, to restructure this indebtedness. The holders of the notes will exchange $12.9...

Alliance Imaging.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
March 20, 2008... Alliance Imaging (Anaheim, California), a provider of diagnostic imaging services, said it completed its offer to exchange up to $150 million of its 7% series B senior subordinated notes, due 2012, issued in a private placement. Alliance...

Mussallem outlines an agenda for advocacy, 'high integrity'.(Advanced Notebook)
March 20, 2008... LA QUINTA, California -- Michael Mussallem's day job is chairman/CEO of Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California), but it's hard to believe that he'll expend any more energy there than it appears he will as the new board chairman of the...

Researchers aim for better test to confirm/rule out joint infection.
March 20, 2008... Each year hundreds of patients with a prosthetic joint require a revision surgery due to severe pain and swelling. These symptoms are sometimes (but not always) due to infection, but microbiological bacterial culture--the current gold standard...

Perlegen in EMR alliance for personalized genetic markers.(Agreements roundup)
March 20, 2008... Perlegen Sciences (Mountain View, California) reported it has formed a personalized medicine collaboration with an undisclosed electronic medical records (EMR) provider to identify and develop genetic markers to help predict how patients are...